objective: suicide represented 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in1998 and it will increase to 2.4% in 2020. we performed a cross sectional study to assess the prevalence of suicide ideation, attempt and its associated factors. method: we designed a cross sectional study in mahan and bardsir cities, kerman province, iran. based on the multistage cluster sampling, 860subjects aged 15 a...

conclusions this study highlights the burden of suicide and itspotential socio-demographic risk factors in sistan and blouchestan province. this information has an implication for planning the preventive measures, policy making and future research. results a greater proportion of the study subjects (65%) were female. they were more likely to be young (43.5% in the age group of 16 to 25 years) a...